Proof positive, "thou must be careful when making commentary" around the budding young mind of a fast approaching two and a half year old. Sure, when prompted Sarita remembers many things we saw at Drumlin Farm last weekend:
- the turkey vultures next to the crows that say "caw, caw"
- holding the warm egg that had recently been laid
- the fancy plumes of the Polish hens
- the udders on the cows
- the piglets drinking milk from their mother's body
- and maybe even the seeds in the greenhouse
But ask Sarita what she saw at the farm is she is likely to respond with one or all of the following fixations.
- Is the farm stinky? Is it a little bit smelly?
- Did you see the lamb peeing? Where did the pee come from?
I am guilty of planting the seed on the first one, but I only said it once and then she kept bringing it up. The second one, well that is her own childhood obsession with potty related topics, something which just seems to be instinct. Maybe smell is the next developmental focus. Sarita did shock us last weekend when we walked outside and she said, "It smells like fire." She was right, but we were gobsmacked given she experienced two fireplace fires this winter. Maybe she's harping on the smell because the night after visiting the farm I teased, "You need a bath. You stink like the farm. P-U" To which she giggled and replied, "I smell like the farm. I stink like a pig." She's a funny one, that stinky piglet!
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